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Hi everyone and welcome to the final newsletter of 2016. It has been an amazing year and I have enjoyed bringing you the latest VMware and industry related news for the past year. This is our 49th newsletter of the year and if you have missed any they are all available on our archive here. In fact we have every newsletter for almost 8 years archived here so feel free to browse or search for anything that you might have missed.
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Happy holidays everyone, thank you all for your support and I look forward to bringing you a bumper news edition in the new year.
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TWEETS OF THE WEEK (Editor: Daniel Mizrahi)
Amazon deal is not the be-all, end-all in VMware's cloud strategy, says CMO - SiliconANGLEbit.ly/2gxT0Xypic.twitter.com/53qu057Yq8
What’s New With vRealize Network 3.2? - VMware Cloud Management Blog bit.ly/2hwPjq6pic.twitter.com/BNqh0V6sf5
What’s New in vSphere 6.5: vSphere Integrated Containers - VMware vSphere Blogbit.ly/2hx6qYApic.twitter.com/nh44QLfmJo
VMware vSphere Integrated Containers Now Generally Available - VMware Radiusbit.ly/2hwJ9WXpic.twitter.com/caT60DbWY7
vSphere 6.5: A Real-World Review -- Virtualization Review bit.ly/2hKFWDipic.twitter.com/okoCwXPOKM
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4 New AirWatch Courses + vRealize Network Insights
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Top 20 Horizon View articles for November 2016
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Top 20 vRealize Automation articles for November 2016
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PowerCLI for VM Encryption
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Visually Learn About Exciting New Capabilities of Auto Deploy in vSphere 6.5
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Top 20 vSAN articles for November 2016
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Top 20 ESXi articles for November 2016
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Top 20 NSX articles for November 2016
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Quickly See the Major Enhancements to Host Profiles in vSphere 6.5
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Top 20 vRealize Operations Manager articles for November 2016
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Peak UpTime’s Cloud-Based Service Delivery Grows 50% with VMware and Faction Partnership
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